Hail, Cook
- When
- July 11, 8:25 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -87.750
Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 11, 1989
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- July 11, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.750
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- July 11, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- July 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Kankakee
- When
- July 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -87.850
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, July 11, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 11, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 1989
- Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 11, 1989
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10005215, 10005216, 10005217, 10005218, 10005219.